#reading difficulty

[rigelmejo]

For curiosity’s sake I ran some text exerpts through http://www.zhtoolkit.com/apps/wordlist/create-list.cgi to see how difficult they were ranked. I’m currently reading 夜半衣寒 and it’s difficulty rating is 1.85 (with higher numbers being easier such as 2.0+, and lower numbers being harder). Novels at or easier than my reading level are bolded, novels significantly easier than my reading level are italicized, authors I know to be significantly easier for most of their novels are have an asterisk *

The author’s other big pingxie fic 寒舍 by 夏灬安兰 is 1.974 (so ‘easier’ than the one I’m reading, and in general I’d say my ‘comfortable’ level is now probably 1.9+, so it’s within the comfortable range)

镇魂  chapter 84 is 1.811 (so a bit harder than what I’m reading)

*SCI谜案集第一部 is 1.922 (so I would say yes, ErYa would be a good author to try next for me)

夺梦 chapter 80 is 1.882 (so around zhenhun’s difficulty)

不死者 by 淮上 (same author as Poyun) chapter 60 is 1.710 (yikes is that hard! but their writing does read harder than priest’s, where priest’s hardest stuff seems to be about ~1.8)

 *撒野 by 巫哲 chapter 62 is 1.934 (around the level I’m reading right now)

人渣反派自救系统 by mxtx chapter 65 is 1.905 (so at my reading level! also this seems to track, as I’ve read bits of this novel before months ago and it was doable)

魔道祖师 by mxtx (for those curious) chapter 86 is 1.848 (so around as hard as what I’m reading, or zhenhun, harder than svsss)

天涯客 by priest chapter 64 is  1.952 (so in theory it should be one of the easier priest novels to read)

默读 by priest chapter 77 is 1.85 (not as hard as I expected, around the level I’m reading now)

大哥 by priest chapter 65 is 1.79 (yikes! so it being modern setting by NO means makes it priest’s easier written stuff lol, this is on the harder end for priest’s writing)

成化十四年 by 梦溪石 (an author y’all kept recommending me) chapter 108 is rated 1.814 (around zhenhun’s difficulty)

无双 also by  梦溪石 chapter 135 is rated 1.866 (so about modu’s difficulty, seems to be around priest’s writing difficulty, about the difficulty I’m reading right now so this may actually be possible)

将进酒 by  唐酒卿 which was also recommended, chapter 180 is 1.94 (i’m shocked, it’s within my reading level!)

DMBJ 1 七星鲁王 chapter 23 is 1.961 (and I know it’s within my reading level as I’m currently reading it)

Note for other readers: I have heard  巫哲 and 耳雅 novels tend to be at an easier reading level. I can confirm 撒野 is quite approachable for most beginners after they’ve read a couple easy novels, as are a lot of their other novels. The biggest challenge with  巫哲 ‘s writing for me is just the sheer length of each chapter. And 耳雅 has about the easiest reading level detective stories like SCI. I find the most difficult part of  耳雅 stories to be the large initial cast of characters, so I recommend keeping a list of names like I do, until you remember everyone’s name. 

[gerardwaypisstweets]

hot take apparently

see if someone you know has reading difficulties?

stop reminding them that they struggle to read.

stop being patronising.

stop saying things like “but can you actually read?” or “but i thought you couldn’t read”

stop being a shit head and respect people with learning difficulties

[rigelmejo]

I've posted this before but it's a nice basic tool for roughly gauging if a reading material is difficult or easy for you.

The higher the number, the "easier" the reading material. The lower the number, the "harder." So a text rated 1.8 is going to be harder to read than the text marked 2.0, and a text marked 2.6 is going to be easier. Now, this doesnt factor in if you already know X particular words that may affect what you personally find easier or harder to read, it's based on common words and amount of unique words in a text.

What you consider easier or harder is also going to depend on your current reading level - I ran a text through it that I can read extensively, got about 1.8, so I know stuff around 1.8 or easier (1.8+) is probably going to be something I can manage to read extensively. Whereas anything harder than 1.8 (so anyrhing below that from 0-1.79) is probably going to be more difficult and I'll probably need to do dictionary lookup while I read. About a year ago, my reading level was around 2.0 on this text analyzer (about where 小王子 is). So the stuff I'm reading extensively at 1.8 now, I used to need a dictionary to read and they were more challenging to read.

[lelb-society]

Dyslexia or Word Blindness | TESL Lessons Dyslexia Dyslexia or (word blindness) is a general term sometimes used to describe any continuing problem in learning to read, such as difficulty in distinguishing letter shapes and words.

[mee--shee]

Alright guys, I need help and I don't know where to turn...

So, throughout my life I've found it incredibly difficult to read. It's not that I can't read, that I don't understand what I read, or even that I mix letters up, the issue I have is that shortly after I begin reading, whether it is a textbook, novel, or an online article, words just start looking somewhat...blobish. I end up finding myself strained trying to read and make sense of the language of whatever it is I'm reading. This isn't a glasses issue, as I'm always up to date on my prescription.

Incidentally, I also suffer from chronic headache (the kind that literally ever stops) and visual snow. I'm not sure if these are totally related to my reading issue, but they may be relevant.

Ok, so here's where I'm trying to go with this: I want help. I just don't know where to go. Do I see a neurologist to rule out wiring issues? A psychologist/psychiatrist? An optometrist? I just don't know what to do.

Having this difficulty reading for both school and pleasure bothers me a lot. My boyfriend, best friend, and mother are all bookworms and I desperately want to be able to enjoy reading. It has been pulling at my self esteem for years.

[totallyawesometeen-blog]

I can't believe that I've always taken reading for granted.